books.google.com - "Knowing Japan and the Japanese better," Louis Frédéric states in the introduction to this encyclopedia, "is one of the necessities of modern life." The Japanese have a profound knowledge of every aspect and detail of Western societies. Unfortunately, we in the West cannot say the same about our knowledge...https://books.google.com/books/about/Japan_Encyclopedia.html?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareJapan Encyclopedia